Samurai Cop (1991) on Netflix
NR19911h 36mActionCrimeThriller
Joe Marshall, an officer trained in Japan, is transferred to Los Angeles to take on the Katana, a gang that has seized the cocaine trade. He is paired with Frank Washington.
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Plot summary
When a renegade Japanese gang called the Katana seizes the cocaine trade in Los Angeles, the police department brings in Joe Marshall, an officer transferred from San Diego who trained with masters in Japan and speaks fluent Japanese. He is paired with Frank Washington. A bust fails after a car chase leaves several people dead, and the only witness is too badly burned to testify. Katana boss Fujiyama has an injured gang member executed, the head left on a piano as a reminder of the gang's code of silence. Joe and Frank confront the Katana at Carlos'n Charlie's on Sunset Boulevard, and Yamashita, Fujiyama's right-hand man, takes the fight to the parking lot.
Cast
- Cranston Komuroas Fujiyama
- Jannis Farleyas Jennifer
- Rick Garciaas Penis Grabbing Henchman
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Samurai Cop (1991)
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- Matt Hannon had his hair cut short thinking filming was over, but more shooting followed, so director Amir Shervan got him a lady's wig that appears in several close-ups.
- Because director Amir Shervan could not afford lighting for night shoots, Samurai Cop is set entirely during the day, with every scene shot in daylight.
- Matt Hannon, a former bodyguard for Sylvester Stallone, walked into Amir Shervan's office, was told he was perfect and handed the full script, and the film went into production within a week of that meeting.
- Shervan had only a handful of prop firearms, so the same Ruger GP100 and Smith & Wesson Model 15 revolvers turn up in the hands of multiple characters, while Joe's Taurus PT92 is exclusive to him; actors wore their own clothes and drove their own cars.
- Hannon had no weapons training despite playing a samurai cop, and the fights were choreographed by martial artist Gerald Okamura or planned by the actors themselves, sometimes only fifteen minutes before the scene was filmed.
- Unable to get many minor actors back to dub dialogue, Shervan did much of the voice work himself, warping his own voice in post-production; the result was ADR that sounds heavily robotic.
